In information technology, high availability refers to a system or component that is continuously operational for a desirably long length of time..
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High Availability News

System i high-availability (HA) software vendor Vision Solutions recently added former Procter & Gamble and Microsoft technologist Bob Herbold to its board of directors. We talked with Herbold about his role at Vision, the importance of HA software,...

Earlier this month, Vision Solutions and iTera, two of System i's biggest high-availability vendors, announced that they would be merging. The combined company will have 3,000 customers and about 13,000 implementations of one of their ...

Evaluate High Availability Vendors & Products

Interested in a high availability solution for the AS/400? Before you delve into implementation, do your due diligence and ensure that your environment has the proper policies, resources and protocols in place. Continue Reading

If you think fully autonomic tools are the things of science fiction, then think again. High availability solutions for the iSeries now include self-healing, self-auditing, and self-learning features. Peter Sa from Lakeview Technology outlines seven... Continue Reading

Manage High Availability

Virtualizing backups on the System i effectively integrates the system into your enterprise data protection strategy. With deduplication, disk-to-disk backup, and MAID technologies, virtualization provides the convenience of new technologies to AS/... Continue Reading

You need to have your AS/400 security plan built into your disaster recovery process. Step 1: Know the security objects and settings, and how and where they are saved. These objects include private authorities, system values, and user profiles. Continue Reading

Having a high availability (HA) plan is necessary to keep your company productive during adverse conditions. But testing the plan and paying attention to all the minor details is equally important. Fax toner could cause a crisis in communication, ... Continue Reading